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Midwife Debris Mid German English Woman 12090.Midwife 英

正面 12090.midwife
英 ['mɪdwaɪf]美 ['mɪd'waɪf]

背面
释义:
n. 助产士;促成因素vt. 助胎儿出生;促成
例句:
1. The midwife gave him a warm bath.助产士给他洗了个热水澡。

1. break, breaks => debris => bruise.2. debris => bruise, burst.3. 谐音“不露伤”。
midwife 助产士,接生婆mid-,伴随,相伴,wife,女人。用于指古代的接生婆,现在的助产士。
midwifemidwife: [14] A midwife is etymologically a ‘with-woman’. The mid- element represents the long extinct preposition mid ‘with’ (its Germanic relatives are still alive and well: German mit, Dutch met, and Swedish and Danish med). Wife preserves the original meaning of Old English wīf, ‘woman’. The idea underlying the word is that a midwife is ‘with’ a woman giving birth.midwife (n.)c. 1300, "woman assisting," literally "woman who is 'with' " (the mother at birth), from Middle English mid "with" (see mid) + wif "woman" (see wife). Cognate with German Beifrau."

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